FRANZ BARWIG THE ELDER (Senov 1868 - 1931 Vienna)
Bundle of two works

Pieta
hubolit, 36 x 23 x 11 cm
monogrammed F.B.

Corpus Christi
plaster, 40 x 90 x 19 cm
Arms are detachable

ESTIMATE °€ 300 - 600
STARTING PRICE °€ 300

Franz Barwig the Elder, father of Franz Barwig the Younger, was one of the most important Austrian sculptors during the Art Nouveau period. Barwig attended the School of Applied Arts in Vienna from 1888-1897 under Hermann Klotz. From 1890 he was a freelance artist. In 1904 he taught at the technical school for woodworking in Villach, and in 1908 he worked in the teaching materials office of the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna and helped design the jubilee procession for the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph. He became involved with the art of the Vienna Secession and remained essentially faithful to the Secessionist style. From 1909 to 1921 Barwig was professor of sculpture at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. After that he lived as a freelance artist in Vienna and worked, among others, for Keramos Vienna. From 1925 to 1927 he stayed in the USA, where he was commissioned by the architect Josef Maria Urban to carry out the sculptural design of the Mar-a-Lago villa complex in Palm Beach, Florida, now owned by Donald Trump. He had been a member of the Hagenbund since 1906 and of the Vienna Secession since 1925. After his return from America, Barwig could no longer integrate himself into the domestic art scene and died by suicide in 1931. He was buried in the Neustift cemetery. Franz Barwig's students included the carver Jakob Loew, the sculptors Otto Zirnbauer and Max Domenig.

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